Teatro Farnese

Teatro Farnese is a Renaissance theatre in the Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, Italy.

The idea of creating this grand theater came from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio I Farnese.

It was part of the complex of the Ducal Palace of Parma.

The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II (1944).

[2] Some claim this as the first permanent proscenium theatre (that is, a theatre in which the audience views the action through a single frame, which is known as the "proscenium arch").